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Explanation of benefits paperwork.

<乌鸦传媒>Doc Groups Hail Decision to Delay 'Advanced EOB' Rule

Regulation set to start on January 1, but administration says it will "defer enforcement"

FDA APPROVED MicroTransponder Vivistim Paired VNS System (Vivistim System) over a photo and computer rendering of the device

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Stroke Rehab Treatment Wins FDA Approval

Neurostim system approved for upper limb deficits

The packaging and blister pack of Ivermectin tablets USP 6mg.

<乌鸦传媒>Ivermectin Scripts, Poison Center Calls Boom During Delta Surge

CDC warns healthcare providers to steer patients away from the controversial drug

FDA WARNING Eco-Med Ultrasound Gels and Lotions over a photo of a bottle of EcoGel 200 ultrasound gel.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns on Contamination Risk With Eco-Med Ultrasound Gels

Healthcare providers must toss all of company's gels and lotions, agency says

FDA APPROVED over a computer rendering of a tumor.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Grants Tissue-Agnostic Approval to Dostarlimab for dMMR Tumors

Overall response rate of 41.6% in various tumor types with mismatch repair deficiency

FDA APPROVED calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (Xywav) over a photo of a young woman asleep at her computer.

<乌鸦传媒>First Drug OK'd for Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Sleep drug Xywav gains a new indication

HIMSS over a conceptual image of a physician accessing data via a tablet.

<乌鸦传媒>Notice Any Rule Changes in Washington? You Can Thank COVID

"It's opened a Pandora's box, which is not going back"

A photo of radiotherapy equipment

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare's Radiation Oncology Payment Model Vexes Oncology Community

Participation required for certain radiation oncology practices starting next January

A map of the world created by the arrangement of various pills and capsules.

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Proposes to Rescind 'Most Favored Nation' Drug Pricing Rule

Regulation from Trump administration had been barred from taking effect due to court challenges

A Juul vape pen and packaging and pack of Virginia tobacco flavored pods.

<乌鸦传媒>All Eyes on FDA: The Upcoming Regulation of Juul E-Cigarettes

Will the public health be protected?

A man in a business suit knocks on a door with a placard that reads: Office of Climate Change and Health Equity.

<乌鸦传媒>HHS's Climate Change Office: Not Open Yet, but Getting Positive Reviews

Initial steps "highly encouraging," says one expert

FDA ADCOMM TriGuard 3 cerebral protection device over a computer rendering of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>TAVR Debris Deflector Doesn't Fly With FDA Advisory Panel

TriGuard 3 met with skepticism in its bid for approval

A series of images depicting the journey from substance abuse to completion of treatment.

<乌鸦传媒>Lawyers Advertise to Nurses: Think Twice About State Rehab Programs

Attorneys charge that programs can be aggressive, costly, and not in the nurse's favor

A Department of Veterans Affairs placard on the building exterior in Washington DC.

<乌鸦传媒>AMA, Physician Groups Slam VA's Planned Standards of Practice Changes

Lack of transparency criticized

FDA APPROVED casirivimab and imdevimab (REGEN-COV) over a computer rendering of COVID-19 viruses in aerosol & a masked person

<乌鸦传媒>Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Authorized for Post-COVID Exposure

REGEN-COV becomes first monoclonal antibody treatment with EUA following exposure alone

A computer rendering of t-cells attacking a COVID-19 virus.

<乌鸦传媒>Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised

Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders

An x-ray image of a senior woman with a left ventricular assist device implanted

<乌鸦传媒>More Medical Device Deaths Than We Previously Thought?

Study finds many reports of patient deaths that were not classified as a death in FDA database

Photo of vials of the drug Shingrix.

<乌鸦传媒>Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults

CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says

A pack of Newport menthol cigarettes lies on a marble countertop.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue

It's more than a public health problem, it's a "human rights" issue

A row of monochromatic rundown houses in need of paint and repairs in West Virginia.

<乌鸦传媒>Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop

Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out

A young Hispanic girl standing in front of an American flag.

<乌鸦传媒>Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship

These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care

FDA APPROVED immunoglobulins (IVIG; Octagam 10%) over photos of adults with dermatomyositis

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Approves IVIG for Dermatomyositis

Octagam 10% lands indication for adults following results of ProDERM trial

A box of Chantix (varenicline) tablets

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix

Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines

FDA APPROVED Tacrolimus (Prograf) over a computer rendering of a lung in a metal dish with surgical tools.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval

No prospective trial offered or required

The arms of business men raised up in the air holding fans of $100 bills.

<乌鸦传媒>Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare

Physicians, patients lose when PE takes over; it's time to take medicine back

<乌鸦传媒>Senate Committee Shines Spotlight on VA's Troubled EHR Program

Concerns raised about patient safety, cost overruns

FDA ADCOMM roxadustat over a computer renering of chronic kidney disease.

<乌鸦传媒>Safety Concerns Turn FDA Panel Thumbs Down for Novel CKD-Anemia Drug

Advisory committee rejected oral anemia drug for dialysis and non-dialysis patient populations

FDA ADCOMM Transmedics OCS Liver over a photo of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device

Thumbs up on safety and efficacy

A shirtless homeless man in Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Eastside with a syringe in his mouth readies to inject himself with drugs.

<乌鸦传媒>Clearing the Hurdles to Safe Injection Facilities

Rhode Island the first state to authorize a pilot program, but how likely is it others will follow

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Juul Bought Out Medical Journal for $51K

E-cig maker sponsored nearly a dozen studies, took over journal as it awaits FDA ruling

The YouTube video thumbnail with Dr. Zubin Damania and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, and the words IVERMECTIN& Aducanumab?

<乌鸦传媒>Ivermectin and Aducanumab: Do They Work?

ZDoggMD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, analyze the evidence

The vial and packaging for NovoLog (insulin aspart) injection over a Walmart branded background.

<乌鸦传媒>Walmart's Low-Price Insulin Is a Band-Aid on a Broken System

Exorbitant drug pricing and inaccessible care require government intervention

FDA APPROVED finerenone (Kerendia) over a computer rendering of a diseased kidney and a healthy kidney.

<乌鸦传媒>Finerenone OK'd for Slowing Kidney Disease in T2D

Drug also indicated for cardiovascular event risk reduction

The vial and packaging of Aduhelm (aducanumab) for injection with blurred prescribing information in the background.

<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Aducanumab Prescribing Information Changes

"We as neurologists need a strategy to advise our patients," experts say

An anatomical model head with brain exposed and electrodes attached to the temples.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Cannot Ban Use of Electric Shock Devices for Harmful Behaviors

Appeals court rules in favor of only U.S. facility still using devices for behavioral treatment

A senior man grimaces with fear as he is about to get vaccinated.

<乌鸦传媒>Patients Want COVID Shot From Their Primary Care Docs

But both patients and physicians must still overcome several barriers to care delivery

A young pregnant woman takes a selfie with her smartphone while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Confirmation Bias Guiding COVID Vaccine Recommendations?

Policy must be based on indisputable evidence

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

A coal waste pile West of Trevorton, Pennsylvania.

<乌鸦传媒>House Members Argue for Puerto Rico Coal Plant Shutdown

Plant is releasing toxic coal ash, sickening the nearby community, lawmakers and witnesses say

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